* 1876 – Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist ( d. 1937 )

* 1847 – Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Italian wife of Amadeo I of Spain ( d. 1876 )

In Australia, the grounds currently used are The Gabba in Brisbane ( first staged an England – Australia Test in the 1932 – 33 season ), Adelaide Oval ( 1884 – 85 ), The WACA, Perth ( 1970 – 71 ) the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) ( 1876 – 77 ) and the Sydney Cricket Ground ( SCG ) ( 1881 – 82 ).

* 1914 – Rube Waddell, American baseball player ( b. 1876 )

* 1924 – Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter ( b. 1876 )

* 1876 – Colorado is admitted as the 38th U. S. state.

* 1876 – Mata Hari, Dutch spy ( d. 1917 )

* 1876 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.

* 1876 – Varghese Payapilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest ( d. 1929 )

* 1876 – Alexander I of Serbia ( d. 1903 )

* 1876 – Stylianos Gonatas, Greek military officer and politician ( d. 1966 )

* 1876 – Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator ( d. 1942 )

* 1876 – Julian Ashby Burruss, American academic ( d. 1947 )

* 1876 – Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author ( d. 1958 )

* 1876 – Oscar De Somville, Belgian rower ( d. 1938 )

* 1801 – Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch politician ( d. 1876 )

* 1796 – James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder ( d. 1876 )

Alexander I or Aleksandar Obrenović ( Cyrillic: Александар Обреновић ; 14 August 1876 – 11 June 1903 ) was king of Serbia from 1889 to 1903 when he and his wife, Queen Draga, were assassinated by a group of Army officers, led by Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijević

* Alexander I Obrenović of Serbia ( 1876 – 1903 ), king of Serbia

By French aristocrat Mélanie de Gaufridy de Dortan ( 1876 – 1937 ), he had Roger Marie Vincent Philippe Lévêque de Vilmorin ( 12 September 1905 – 20 July 1980 )

* 1945 – Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach and lawyer ( b. 1876 )

* Hugh Moulton ( 1876 – 1962 ), British Liberal Party politician, Member of Parliament 1923 – 1924 election

* 1876 – Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics ( d. 1958 )

Research conducted by the National Museum of American History notes that the story of Betsy Ross making the first American flag for General George Washington entered into American consciousness about the time of the 1876 centennial celebrations.

* 1968 – Walter Tewksbury, American athlete ( b. 1876 )

* Harper's Weekly 150 cartoons on elections 1860-1912 ; Reconstruction topics ; Chinese exclusion ; plus American Political Prints from the Library of Congress, 1766 – 1876

* 1876 – Fred Duesenberg, German-born American automobile maker ( d. 1932 )

* 1839 – George Armstrong Custer, American general ( d. 1876 )

* 1876 – Berton Churchill, American actor ( d. 1940 )

* 1876 – Pauline Whittier, American golfer ( d. 1946 )

Illegal and experimental forward passes had been attempted as early as 1876, but the first legal forward pass in American football took place in 1906, after a change in rules.

* 1876 – Fritz Buelow, German-born American baseball player ( d. 1933 )

* 1876 – John Alden Carpenter, American composer ( d. 1951 )

Among the longest single poems in American literature, Clarel, published in 1876, had an initial printing of only 350 copies.

* 1876 – American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud – 1, 500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.

* 1876 – William Carr, American rower ( d. 1942 )

* 1876 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player ( d. 1971 )

* 1876 – Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher ( d. 1957 )

* 1876 – Frank Hague, American politician ( d. 1956 )

* 1876 – Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter ( d. 1924 )

Another grandstand seating 2000 and facing one way to the cricket ground and the other way to the park where football was played, was built in 1876 for the 1877 visit of James Lillywhite ’ s English cricket team.

He played college football at Yale College from 1876 to 1882.

When the first uniform rules for American football were enacted by the newly-formed Intercollegiate Football Association just following the 1876 Rugby season, a touchdown counted for 1 / 4 of a kicked goal ( except in the case of a tie ) plus it allowed the offense the chance to kick for goal by placekick or dropkick from a spot along a line perpendicular to the goal line and passing through the point where the ball was touched down, or through a process known as a " punt-out ", where the attacking team would kick the ball from the point where it was touched down to a teammate.

The first football club in Caernarfon, known as Caernarvon Athletic, was formed in September 1876 and played at various grounds before moving to the Oval in 1888.

In the early years of organised football in Wales, football was very much the sport of North Wales rather than the rugby union playing south – the FAW was founded in Ruabon, near Wrexham in 1876, and Wrexham remained the site of the FAW's head office until 1986 ; it was not until 1912 that a southern team, Cardiff City, won the Welsh Cup for the first time.

John Hope " Jack " Peddie, also called Jock Peddie, ( 3 March 1876 – 20 October 1928 ) was a Scottish football player who played for various clubs in both England and Scotland, including Newcastle United, Manchester United, Plymouth Argyle and Hearts.

The first recorded games of Rugby in Queensland were played in 1876, when the existing Brisbane Football Club ( formed in 1866 ), switched to Rugby to align with the newly formed ' Rangers ' and ' Bonnet Rouge ' football clubs.

Wales played its first competitive match on 25 March 1876 against Scotland in Glasgow, making it the third oldest international football team in the world.

* John Haworth ( 1876 – 1924 ), English football manager

Chirk is home to Chirk AAA F. C., a football team founded in 1876.

* Henry Seibels (- 1876 ), an American football player

The club is unique in Scandinavia because the club's first team represents two separate clubs: Kjøbenhavns Boldklub ( KB ) ( continental Europe's oldest football club ) founded in 1876 and Boldklubben 1903 founded in 1903.

This team is amongst the top Portuguese football leagues and was created in 1876.

* The Wednesday and England footballer, Harry Ruddlesdin was born in Birdwell in 1876 and started his football career with Birdwell F. C.

Had the rough Scotsman not come across a practice football match ( in 1876 ) between a bunch of ill-organised, inexperienced cricketers, it is unlikely that the name Aston Villa would be a household name today.

in 1876 he signed for local side Parkgrove F. C., where he was additionally their match secretary, making him the first black administrator in football.

Each of the countries of the United Kingdom, sometimes referred to as the home nations, has a national football association responsible for the overall management of football within their respective nation: The Football Association, ( FA ) is responsible for England and the Crown Dependencies and was founded in 1863, The Scottish Football Association ( SFA ) was founded in 1873 followed by the Football Association of Wales in 1876 and Irish Football Association ( IFA ) in 1880.

By May 1876 the club had changed its name to Widnes FC and the cricket side of the organisation had disbanded, presumably to concentrate on football activities.

President of the SRU 1876 / 7 and the first President of West of Scotland football club.

During his time at university he participated in Varsity Matches in five sports: cricket ( 1876 – 79 ), football ( 1876 – 78 ), athletics ( 1876 ) ( he was selected to throw the hammer ), rackets ( 1877 – 79 ) and real tennis ( 1877 – 79 ), displaying an ability that made him arguably the pre-eminent sportsman of his generation ; his only rival in terms of versatility was Oxford's Cuthbert Ottaway.